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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18
Personal Gossip.

The Nassar college girls think 1T the
greatest thing on earth that the en-.
gagemsnt is announced of Miss Pris-
ella H. Braislin, professor OF mathe.
matics, to Mr.. Timothy Merrick of
Holyoke. Mass. Miss Braislin has
been at Vassar since its foundation in
1865.
Bayard Taylor once told George
Parsons Lathrop (who contributes
the "reminiscences of the Epoch) that
when he was stranded in London,
owing to the failure of his banker,
Thackeray pulled out his bank book
and said: II am $500 ahead. II
that is any use to you, take it."
Mrs. Cleveland COW, the gift OF Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Childs, was sent
to Washington in a special car. The
President wanted it to ornament the
White House grounds, but Mrs. Cleye.
land overruled him and had the beau
ty sent to Oak View, where it will
furnish "sure enough cream for
breakfast oatmeal.
Capt. William E. Kingsbury. a well
known army officer and Indian fight
er, died at Norwich, Conn, aged fifty
one years. He was promoted from
the ranks, served in Mexico, the civil
war and for many years later on thu
frontier, his last post being on II g
Little Big Horn river, Montana. He
was wounded in the rebellion and at
one time shot through with poisoned
Indian arrows.
The fact that Benjamin Harris
Brewster, ex-attorney general, has
sold his Law library Of 5000 volumes
to the University of Pennsylvania,
has caused various unwarranted ru-
mors. Mr.. Brewster says that he
did not sell his library for financial
reasons. nor because he is about to
retire from the active practice OF law,
but because the library is too large
fos private use, and he is glad to have
it stored in q safe place where It can
be Of general use.
Earl Compton, who lately died in
England, w1s eldest son of the Mar
quis Of Northampton; he was SO. un-
married, and heir to 100000 per
annum. He was not a popular young
man, the BLACK Earl" as he was
nicknamed, consequent upon mis-
being IN an almost constant state OF
maudlin inebriety. He was about as
mech of an ornament to the British
nobility as the Earl Of Aylesford,
Lord Lonsdale and the Marquis OF
Leuville.
James p. Scott attended fifty bull
fights while in Spain. He says: "a
friend Of mine asked me one day why
| attended so many bull fights. re-
piled that it was probably for no
other reason than that / would like
to see one OF the bulLtighters killed.
That may seem a strange wish, but
the sport is so brutal and cruel that
! desired to see the men who are the
cause of this brutality receive a just
compensation for their work.n-Phil.
adelphia Times.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18

From the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
At Decatur, ILL.,, an attempted fore
ed marriage came to q sensational
termination recently before Ira B.
Curtis, a magistrate, and in the pres
ence Of dozen people. Philip Davis
brought his eighteen-year-old daugh-
ter, Barbara Davis, from Mount Zion,
on the afternoon train, to marry
James Fair, q young man aged
"a, employed by DR.. Al. 81. Waltz of
Decatur. The license was procured in
due form, and the couple stood up in
the Office to respond to the
usual interrogations. Fair did
SO quite readily, but when it came
Barbara's turn she camly replied that
she did not love James and would not
marry him. The surprise was too
much for Curtis, who tossed the GER
tihcate over TO the rejected groom and
said that ended the business for HIM.
This father of the young lady step
ped forward and had low talk with
his daughter, but she vas immov-
able, and, giving no reas0ns, lett the
room and started for homei In g wagon
with Il neighbor. 1t was learned that
Barbara parents have been trying
to force the marriacef for somemonths.
She told a M that her father
had whipped her for saying she
would not marry Fair. The groom
walked ofeap the street, badly disap-
pointed The father was enraged, but
he could do nothing.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18
a Man Has Some Fun With a
Cat and a Rat.

Fro m the New London Day.
One of the most exciting chases on
record occurred recently in q Bank
street store. While one OF tho employ
ees Of the place was busy about his
work, paying little heed to what was
going on about him, he suddenly es-
pied che kitten, which calls the place
her home, chasing a rat not much
smaller than herself. The man at
once became interested. "Sie himl''
he cried encouragingly to the kitten,
and began to Jump around to prevent
the escape Of the rat before kitty
should have fastened her claws into
him. The rat became bewildered, and,
in making q dash for liberty ran up
the LEG OF the mans trousers and kit
ty followed suit, but she could not go
as Tar as the rat could. and with sum
dry struggles, accurately recorded By
scratches on 6ilN ffiaH ssh& man
aged to extricate herself from her
strange predicament, and became an
interested and critical spectator OF
the remainder OF the game, which Was
confined exclusively to the man and
the rat. It is not necessary TO give q
minute account Of the fight from this
point, but il win suffice TO say that
with the aid of friends, another was
eventually added to the list ol victo-
ries achieved by men over che lower ami
mails. The man II on exhibition III
PROOF OF che truth Of this story, but
the rat has joined the majoFIty.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18

In ancient days, when alIwas young.
And Love and Hope were rife,
Dan Cupid fed on rrstic fare,
And lived q country lie.
He rose betimes at break OF day,
And round the country harr led;
Upstirring hearts that were IN wed,
And soothing down the married.
But then, on wider mischief bent,
He HE'D him to tho city;
and finding much to suit his taste
He STAYED there-more's the pity.
Men built him there a golden house.
Bedight with golden stars;
They ieasted him on golden grain,
And wine in golden jars.
They draped his pretty nakedness
In richest cloth Of gold,
And set him up in business,
Where Love was bought and sold.
And thus he led a city life,
Eessettias HE ne ti%ity
Since then he's gone from bad to wort
From Cupid to cupidity
-ELLIor SrocK
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-11-18

Harper's Bazaar.
This tale is being told BY the wits
in town, who are jealous less it get in
to print. The scene IS laid ID the Bad
Lands Of the Little Missouri, whittier 4
Government commission has been sent
to investigate the causes aud nature Of
the amazing ~petrifcations found in
that region. A cow-boy, employed as
aeuide, is whetting the appetites ofthe
savants for what they are TO seq.
Come with me- he says, land
/ will take you to where there il q
big field Of waving grain, just as you
see it in the East in autumn; but petri.
ied-all petrifed. Then Twill take you
to Stony Creek and show you q river,
with it's running current, and fishes
swimming in it, and on the banks
grass and trees, and birds and squir.
rels running and hopping among the
branches; but petr:ied-all petrifed.
And forty miles farther on, at bloody
Gulch, IIE show you q canon where
Two clltfa lace n another almost IN
the clouds, and IN the air, ieaping
from a crag to the other, pll show
you q buffalo. with his tail np and his
eyes blazing; but petrifed-all patri-
fed"
Hold npl hold upl cried che IS.
wants; remember the laws or nature.
IA buffalo could not hang suspended
in the air. You have forgotten the
laws Of gravity"
'Nci1 hain't nuther, said the cow
boy; 1.-THE laws b gravity's thai. as
you say but it's petriied-all pekrs-
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

.-t-G-'s"' ""ipS anu nurse coverings.
"nlch are offered at greatly reduced
prices IN order to curtail their large
STOCK, Call in and examine their
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

as a SNIFF TO the suicide. or hand.
writing to the torger, so is constina
Won TO MN who neglects its wsrpin0
MOTIFS Casoarine will restore t6e
bowels to healthy condition '
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

= 49,. orpoUn "as SNORT III difference
to the heat and short nights and ii
being Saturday night, At the close
OF which in which the speaker was
loudly checred, calls were made for
James b. Baker. He declined TO
speak but was forced TO appear and
make few remarks in his
usual Intense style and was cheered
again and again at his telling points.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

u. a. Little Il Co. VIII sell YOU
groceries at rock bottom prices, and
deliver them promptly.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

49, ~-s.."ENt v.i,.t,.
Waco, July "a, 1887.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

g.. $3.50 49, q.
J. Tho de
10 said, had
that there
|h i'll Texas
] to DO or
EAT cheers,
be there AZ
re for the
the goth,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

"Milk shake" at Williamson Il Co
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-07-27

D.rmi4.-.mue arug -s,e -.il
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-06
Truth for Husbands.

Mr.. Burdette insists that he over
heard q woman lecturing her husband
as follows on board n train; Now
I'll tell you why wouldn't 20 into
the restaurant and have a cup OF COT
fec with you while we were waiting for
the train. didn't like the way you
asked me. Keep quiet. have the
floor. Not half an hour before you
aid to Mr.. Puffer: Come, let's get a
cigar and away you went. holding
his arm and not giving him a chance
to decline. When we met John o. How
dy on our way to luncheon you said.
Just in time, John; come take lunch
with u.s. And then tonight, when we
found the train an hour late, you look.
ed at your watch, tnrned to me, and
said in a questioning way: Would
you like cup of coffee?' And / did
want it; | was tired and little hun.
cry, but ! would have tainted before
would have accepted such an invita-
tation. And you went away a little
bit vexed with me and mad your cot
fee and bread and butter by yourself
and didn't enjoy 1t very much. In Ell
feet you said to me; If you want
cup OF coffee, if you really want it, |
viii buy it for you You are the best
husband in the world, but you do as
nearly all the best husbands do.
Why do you men seem to dole things
out to your wives when you fairly
throw them to the men you know.
Why don't you invite me heartily as
you invite menu Why didn't you say,
Come. let's get little coffee and
something and take me right along
with you? You needn't say TO man.
Would you like me to go and buy
you a cigar? Then why do you al
ways issue your little invitations to
treats in that way to mey Indeed,
indeed, my dear husband, II men
would only act toward their wives as
heartily, cordially, frankly as they do
toward the men whom they meet,
they would find cheerier companions
athome than they could at the club"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-06
o interest In the Braxton

prospective interest in the BraxCOn
profits.
Didn't he give you refusal for
three daysY" asked Margaret, looking
up from book she was reading.
"Yes but no papers passed, and"
ellis word was passed." retorted
Margaret. "Mr. Braxton is man OF
honor, and you'll get your stock"
"You're too good to live in this sin
full world" sneered Marian. "Do you
expect a man to throw away so much
money on the ground OF n dinner-ta-
BILE TALK"
al expect man to keep his word,
Marian. He told Jack that he had
three days to take the stock, Mt So or
not. II he were to break his word be-
cause he will lose by it | should de-
spise him."
"Much he cares for that, Peg"
retorted Marian.
The bell rang, and presently Brax'
ton sauntered into the room.
"Have you heard the news about
Ojibway?" inquired Jack.
eyes. II is all right" replied Brax-
ton. 81 congratulate you. II you
sell at present prices-and ] advise
you not to wait for another rise
you'll clear over 5000, 600"
"Do you mean to say that | can
have the block at three?"
"That was our understanding yes
terday | thought"
at seems" said Jack hesitatingy,
like giving me these profits"
Nothing OF tie kind. 1t is a plain
business transaction, and you are
lucky. | lose nothing. My father
got the stock at one dollar during it's
lowest ebb. And then, you know,
one ought to do something for "a
prospective brother.in-law."
WELL" murmured Marian to her.
self, "that is the most extraordinary
way OF popping the question" But
she smiled.
"Brother-in.lawl" cried Jack. And
Marian flushed, while little Margaret
bent lower over her book.
That is, with your permission,
Jack, my boy. This young lady,"
taking the unresisting hand of Mar
garet, who blushed very red, "has Civ
en- her consent, and with your APP
prevail"
Jack whistled. "Sly puss," said he.
81 can scarcely have any objection:
bu she Is so young yet"
"She'll grow out OF that; won't you,
Maggie DEAR" said Braxton, laugh
ing.
"There is one comfort" exclaimed
Marian. who had rebained her self
possession-"she will not marry that
dreadful tramp, anyhow"
al fear you will be disappointed,
Miss Orrington," replied the lover. !
happen to be that dreadful tramp
myself"
"Youl"
"No other than |. did not remain
in the mountains on that tour your
brother spoke OF tho other day, and
finally struck your nelehborhood-
though did not know that where /
was beaten and plundered by the two
more disreputable travellers. sent
Margaret's money back-or, rather,
its equivalent never knew who she
was, and never thought to inquire.
| only recollect her as q pretty and
Sympathetic child. But when you
spoke OF Miss Ugly, and told the story,
why, began to make acquaintance
with my benefactress, and Tell in love
with her. Last night she was good
enough to consent toguard me against
tramps in the future. And for proof
-ecco sienum, Jack, my boy"
And Braxton, drawing small mo-
rocco case from his vest pocket, open
ed it. There, on bed OF velvet, lay
a single gold eagle.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-06
Representative Beriah wilkins tells

Representative Begiah Wilkins tells
OF an Indiana granger who recently
ca lied on the president, shook hands
with him vigorously and long, looked
him over from head to loot, and then
remarked: "Wa-al, wa-all Here ] hev
ben votin' for presidents nigh onto 90
year. an I'll be golblasted ef you amt
the lust one / ever see! Jes' shaks
agin, will yer
, 1887-07-09

In looking over the list of patents re-
ferred to an element of mystery as well an
clement Of humor, seemed to relieve its
somewhat prosaic features. The patent
granted for a leap litter for cofins'i had
a certain combination of obscurity and
gloom which excited a reflective melan.
choly, but as the next invention on the
list was a ''shank stiffener," there was a
reaction of curiosity to ascertain whether
the two inventions had anything / IN com
mon. Another invention, a ''sole and
heel edge blacker for boots and shoes, ~
struck me as an evidence of the way in
which convenient appliances for polishing
the understanding, so to speak, have been
specialized. My Imagination had some
scope in determining whether the patent
for a ''crimping machine" applied to an
invention for the benefit of the lady's
dress or n device for the arrangement of
her hair, and another patent for an "'elec-
trio SWITCH left me in uncertainty
whether railroading or hair dressing was
to profit by it. A 'sheddle for looms"
was even more of a puzzle to me, as | had
never heard of the first mentioned article
and could only conjecture that it had
something to do with a weaving machine.
Boston Post.
, 1887-07-09
Fashionable Fad in Diseases.

The fashionable fad for diseases over
here, while waiting for insomnia to reign
supreme, is malaria. 1t supplanted in
digestion, just as indigestion supplanted
nerves. In France the moral or mental
result of this real or imagined fad is called
ennui, which is entirely intelligible,
though too Elusive to be confined to the
narrow limits of translation or definition.
Physicians encourage the idea of malaria.
1t agrees with the p%reconceived theories of
patients. 1t lays the blame on locality OF
plumbers n takes the blame off tn. in
dividualis late hours and Incorporate
meals. 1t puts the responsibility on cir
cumstances and acquits the patient. 1t
~iInpeaches nature and excuses the non-ob-
servanc of her laws.
Apropos of malaria an assembly over
here, equally composed of physicians and
clergymen, was startled by an after din
ner speaker whom they would call out the
other evening, when he gravely described
malaria as the cause of all diseases and
deliberately showed, to his own satisfaction
at least-and backed it with many plausi-
BILE arguments-that of malaria the cause
was poor preaching! He drew a parallel
between the symptoms of malaria and the
various conditions and attitudes through
which n man went in going to sleep in
church. The prevalence of malarial com
plants in country regions where the
preaching is poor N summer visitors
abound, wa dwelt upon. When the
speaker finished it was difficult to tell
whether the clergymen or the doctors
were more laughingly indignant.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
, 1887-07-09

1.-THE bravest Yankee soldier 1 ever
saw" says Hon. Henry w. Flournoy,
secretary of the commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, participated in one of the fights in
the valley of Virginia. 1t was during
S~heridan's raid in the valley. Our com
pany of cavalry was going across a broad
and level field at a sweeping gallop. In
the woods l saw n solitary Yankee soldier
sitting upon a horse, and 1 noticed thai
every now and then Gust as fast as he
could load he would fire down our line.
Pop, pop, pop would go his rifle, and 1 de-
termined to capture him. 1 entered the
woods without his seeing me and came up
in the rear of him. 1 had n fine seven
shooter in my hand and intended to use it
in case of an emergency. Irode up toward
him as quietly as l could, and had my pis-
toll cooked ready for use if he attempted
fight. Suddenly he turned and saw me, and
in an instant raised his rife. l leyeled nv
pistol, but he was quicker than 1, and the
ball from his rifle passed through my neck.
A few moments afterward there was a
general skirmish, but l was badly wound
ed, and did not know what became of the
fellow who shot me and who stood solitary
and alone in the very face of a whole com
pany of Confederate cavalry and resisted
them.-Chicago Times.
, 1887-07-09

An army officer told me u strange story
the other day of q brother officer who
graduated with him from West Point
many years ago. Shortly afterward he
married a pretty girl and for a time things
went smoothly, but John ~Barleycorn, who
has killed more soldiers than nave ever
fallen in battle, got the best of him and he
went to the dogs rapidly. Finally he
threw up his position in the army, de-
serted his wife, and for years nothing was
heard of him. At last news came to the
poor woman hat the worthless wretch
was dead, and after a time she married
another officer, and they moved out to his
station at one of the far western posts. In
band was not dead, but after years of de-
bauchery and wandering reformed. He
then began to make inquiries for the
woman he had deserted. Nothing was
known of her, and after a long and fruit
less search he was forced to the conclu-
sion that she had given up the struggle.
He came to Washington, where, through
the assistance of some influential friends,
he procured an appointment in the army.
Then, believing himself free, he married
again and took his wife to the frontier
post to which he was ordered-the same
at which his first wife was living. The
meeting, the shock of mutual recognition,
the deep shame of the terrible situation,
is something to which no pen can do JUS
tice. What were they to do? The ques-
ton mas not yet reached n satisfactory set
Observation-Disclosures Capital.
, 1887-07-09

As l was hurrying along P~ierrepont
street one wet and chilly evening some
time ago / was arrested by a low and
plaintive voice, and came near running
over its owner. He was a diminutive
urchin, too small and apparently too
young to sell newspapers on a bright
afternoon, still more after Arb in n
storm. His story, gathered with some
difficulty from his half a~rticulate speech,
was that he had W papers still unsold
and hat he could not go home until he
had disposed of his entire stock. An en-
treaty to purchase the soiled and half
pulpy remnant melted into tears. AS the
poorly clad, shivering little fellow stood
in the rain, offering his merchandise and
his narrative, the spectacle was a pitiful
one, even for the most hardened observer
of the devices of the highway. 1 asked
him where he lived, and told him l would
give him a quarter If he would promise to
90 straight home. He closed with the
proposal at once, and, ostensibly, at least,
went according to his agreement. But
where did the money go'
Since the interview above described 1
have met the same young person several
times, in about the same place, beneath
cloudy skies or under the effulgence of
the brilliant moonlight of a balmy June
evening. The same residue of daily
journals has clogged a sluggish market.
The same voice has been heard, with the
same tears in it. The same im~possibility
of rejoining the domestic circle until a
complete clearing out sale could be effect
ed has been reported. Candor compels
the acknowledgment that one thing has
been lacking to the duplication of the
scene; the quarter has not been again
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eagle Ram
bier"
, 1887-07-09

The French h~ousekeeper delights in her
after dinner Cigarette" The sonora Of
Barcelona loves in the evening to wrap
her black crepe about her head, and while
gently putting her long tobacco cigarette
cast heart thrilling glances from her
balcony above the walk at the wights
below. While the German frau is fond OF
her cigarette, or even cigar, and the
Russian wife is not behind in her enioy.
ment of the weed, and even the Japanese.
Chinese, Tartar, Dutch and Soudanese
wives all like to let tobacco smoke curl
from their pretty mouths toward the sky,
the Italian signora is, perhaps, the most
~passionately fond of the long, thin cigar
OF the country called the "Virginia." 1t
is no uncommon sight of a summer even.
ing to see n party of ladies sitting in some
cool terrace overlooking the sea on the
~Campagna, while the music of their velvety
language keeps tune to the soft splashinn
OF the sea against the rocky shore, and
send rings of smoke from their fragrant
Observation-Disclosures Press.
, 1887-07-09

The Indians residing on the Yakima
reservations below the gap held one of
their pumpums or tumanimus dances in
their medicine house Sunday last. The
dance and accompanying weird incanta-
tons were for the purpose of propitiating
the good spirit and in duplication for a
bountiful run of Chinook salmon. The
lodge, a low structure about seventy feet
in length, was covered with tule mating,
and in this were 200 bucks, squaws and
papooses Enthusiastically clad and painted in
all the colors of the rainbow. The dance
was under the direction of Ko-ti-a-:on,
n of the head medicine men. For hours
the Indians danced and chanted their mo-
notonous songs, until tired nature as
serted itself, and they would fall on their
knees and offer up their ''amens'' to the
exhortations of the medicine man.